kron 4 news at 11:00 starts now. crews working around the clock. the destructive wildfire near yosemite exploded over night. tonight the flames continue to spread. good evening, i am pam moore, governor brown declared a state of emergency around the burned zone today. that freeze up money and resources to help fight the massive blaze. tonight the rim fire is still burning out of control. 2500 structures are a threat, the fire has now

burned more than 63, 000 acre and it is only 1% contained and that's noun from 5% containment at this time last night. highway 120 remains closed. scott reports from near the fire line. >> reporter: well, this fire won't quit and quite the opposite out here, it continues to get stronger. i want to start with this, i came across this as i was driving down 120 that's closed off right now. it is about 8 miles outside the entrance of yosemite, this is a truck that caught on fire. unfortunately, it went up in smoke of the truck. nobody was hurt when the truc on fired. the flames have torched over 54000 acres and firefighters say

they continue to get worst. this is what it looked like on wednesday and here it is on thursday. and as the fire continues to get bigger, people who live in the near by town of pine mountain lake are packing up. >> i am kind of staying as long as i can and i will believing when leaving when it gets really bad. >> we took pictures and the things that you cannot replace. >> reporting in groveland scott ray, krours kron 4 news. critical water and power systems for the city are threaten by the fire. continuing our team coverage kron 4 charles clifford explains how the flames can

affect the water supply. >> already more than 1300 firefighters are working on this baz and it can send additional cal fire resources working out. which allows state and federal agency to use city resources to fight the fire. at last checked the fire was less than 3 miles from the yosemite park and only 8 miles from -- the city of san francisco owns and operates the resevoir and as a precaution the sccuc -- the water supply is safe but the fate of the power system is still in the air. >> charles clifford kron 4 news. the low pressure system

bringing the thunderstorm and lightning strike is pushing well to the north and so we are seeing calmer condition this evening and it continues tomorrow. it remains dry and hot. here is a look at the imagery from earlier this afternoon. you can see the smoke on the sat i am image ray. right now, still in the 80s for the central valleys but 60s up through the sierra. humidities are going to remain very low. they're still low this hour. just showing you how dry it is up in the mountains. it is going to remain dry. the good news is at least the thunderstorms have died down and they'll stay out of the area for the next couple of days. almost anywhere, imposters and thieves posing as construction workers

and in one case posing as tree workers. the man managed to get in the woman's home and there maybe more victims. it is a story you will only see on kron 4 news. >> i think it was well planned but i was stupid. >> 89-year-oldester says she feel ester says she feels doop. after a man wearing a constructt and vest parked her truck on tuesday afternoon and walked over the garage and spoke to her and claiming to be a tree trimmer. >> he said, we want to trim your tree in the back. he said your neighbor does and it is going to fall on your house. he said, come out and i said well, trim

anything you want and he took me right to here and that's where he stopped. he said that's the tree i am talking about and i am going to show you, how i am going to trim it and i heard a real racket and i said to him. oh my god, what was that, he said that's the guys bringing the tools into trim the tree. >> what was it actually? >> it was him taking my safe. >> all my life i tried to do good. anyway, we will get over it. i just hope that, you know, other people don't have to go through this >>ester does have an alarm system and says she always lock her door. if she has to do something differently, she woild not allow the first suspect onto the property and let alone inside the garage and onto her yard. >> the suspects both described as hispanics,

he was wearing an orange hard hat and a vest and the other was wearing a black jacket and driving the pick up electronic billboard on the side of interstate 880 and oakland is now featurering a picture of missing to definite fbi web. it is not clear how long it will run. daphne was kidnapped out of the car while her father ran into the store, it happened back in july, still no updates tonight from investigators. >> on top of magazines and so -- coming up we hear from a

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in battle san diego mayor bob kept a low profile on thursday that he will resign as part of the sexual settlement negotiated by his lawyer and the city officials. attorneys are not commenting on whether the settlement will include his resignation. on friday the councils is expected to vote on whether or not to accept the terms of settlement. they're now connected for life thanks to a life or death phone call.

antoinette talked -- tuff and the dis patcher shared a hug and they shared tears. [ indiscernible audio ] >> no, god israel. real. >> tuff received a surprise phone call from president obama. the president thank her for her courage and says he hope to meet her someday. swaut team members from four different agencies, the red cross and

school volunteers all participate inside the drills and they played out different scenarios to help them prepare in case of school shooting takes place on a bay area's campus. police later plan to redo the exercise and learn from drill. traffic gridlock and expected during the bay bridge shut down over the weekend, we have the alternative commute details that you need to know. the giants are hosting and i will have the highlights for you and we'll show you how he did and the 49ers they bring in a brand new quarterback, they have the local ties, i will tell you who it is in sports.

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♪ we are farmers bum - pa - dum, bum - bum - bum -bum ♪ days away from the temporary closure of the bay bridge, all lanes in both directions will closed at 8 p.m. on wednesday night. workers will replace with the new eastern span. the bridge is set to open the day after labor day. kron 4 news shows us other ways of getting around the expected gridlock during the bay bridge's closure. >> bart will be open while the

bay bridge is closed over the labor weekend. here are the 14 stations which include downtown berkeley, concord and walnut creek and mechanic arthur and the san francisco airport. you should know that from one through four on tuesday morning september 3rd, trains will stop for maintenance. ac transits have cancelled all bus. after that, transit busses will be rerouted to one of four bart stations from service to and from san francisco. the four bart stations are west oakland,

mechanic arthur, coliseum and north berkeley. snf francisco's bay valleys will have accomodations to accommodate extra riders. ferries will depart every 45 minutes during peek community hours. kron 4 news today some temporary structures being prepped on the bike and pedestrian path for the new bay bridge span. they'll put in to place of the closure of the bay bridge. and for the first time allowing bikers and walkers to get on the bridge from the opening side. people will get in about 2/3rd of the way across. the path is expected to be fully completed late 2013 and early 2014 when it will be connected to

treasure island. you can get the latest on our 24/7 channel on comcast as well as www.kron4.com city attorney herrera claims the decision by the agency known as the accjc was motivated. he says the court should strike it down. city college and the accjc were in the political battle in the state legislature. >> here evidence is clear that they ignore multiple state agencies. they should never have been given. >> last week you may remember the u.s. department education said that the a violated guidelines during their review process. well, we are on the mild side out there today.

a few low 80s in the inland valleys but as we head into tomorrow, we'll see more 80 degrees readings and widespread low cloud covers to start the day. but, it will be short lived and more dense fog for the weekend meaning cooler conditions will return. the area of low pressures have been affecting us moving well to the north. we have another storm that's approaching the pacific northwest. it will continue to the coastline. so for tomorrow morning, the fog will be extensive through the 6:00 hour but by 8:00 it is starting to lift and by 1:00 at the coastline so we'll see more sunshine out there tomorrow and that means warmer conditions. and in the south bay 70s and 80s. and 79 in san jose and 84 in latos and 86 in concord and 89 in antioch

and 87 in livermore and 66 in san francisco and mainly the lows 80s for the north bay so look at your extended forecast, warmer for your friday but the warming trend will be short lived for saturday and sunday. that cool down will continue into your monday but the fog kind of returns to normal by midweek and so will our afternoon high temperatures. former giants wilson, to a nice start of the first place dodgers and meanwhile the current giants continuing of going in the other direction. jason has the highlights coming up next.

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all right, welcome back everybody, giants blown out again tonight at the ballpark in front of yet another sell out crowd of this good looking f kane, here is a moment of the game. he had to leave the game, but he was gone after the 3rd ending. pedro alvarez -- it is 5-3, pirates they got worst. this one stays in the yard and the bases are cleared. every runner coming around the score, a 7

runs and with the pirates 10-3. a blow out for the giants as they were really struggling. looked like they did not miss the beat. he struck out the final battle and 6-0 win and the dodgers -- topped out at 94 miles per hour, he said he felt great and showing no effect of the -- dodgers 28-5. ters they have a new quarterback. . wallace was release you had by the saints following last friday's preseason win. he did not look good of that game if you watched

it. so, 49ers have four quarterbacks and they will probably end up with 3 in the week. tiger woods looking for his six win of the season playing in barkly, he played well like this shot on 13. he spends it back to the pin within 4 feet. he shot a 400 par and 67. here is your shot of the day, scott brown, he shot looks like it went into the water but watch it bounce back in the path and landed safely on the green and as the ball rolls and rolls and near the pin. nice shot for scotty brown. tyson had been a good self promoter, and now he's trying to make a career out of it. it will kickoff with a boxing cart tomorrow with the turning stone.

the main event will feature a couple of ivf look at tyson mugging for the camera, he wants to sell some tickets. listen to him here >> i don't know, i need some money -- or killing him o or something. come on, we got to sell the ticks, man. >> got to sell the tickets, that's the name of the game in box. ing. >> last night lee not only returned to the field but he played all nine positions for the pacific, the 66-year-old native started behind the plate and went on from there, he pitched an inning. final 4-1 but that's pretty cute to see, a man who's 66-year-old coming back to the baseball and

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